Powder-divider.



J. W. BARNARD & B. G. SKILES.

POWDER DIVIDER'.

APPLICATION FILED NOY.17, 1913.

1,118,096, Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

Witnesses Inventors Attorneys "UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEROME W. BABNARD AND ERNEST C. SKILES, OF JOSEPH, OREGON.

POWDER-DIVIDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

Application filed November 17, 1913. Serial No. 801,567.

To all whom it may concern I Be it known that we, JEROME W. BARNARQ and ERNEST C. SKILES, citizens of the United States, residing at Joseph, in the county of Wallowa and State of Oregon, have invented a new and useful Powder-Divider, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in powder dividers, one object of the present invention, being the provision of a mechanism adapted to be used in the compounding and separating into predetermined sized powders in and for feeding one powder at a time from a trough, thepresent device being especially adapted for use by druggists or the like, and insuring the delivery of an equal amount of powder at each operation of the device.

A further object of the present invention, is the provision of a slidable and oscillatory shaft carrying a plurality of blades one of which is maintained withintlie trough at all times and constitutes the final pushing means while the remaining blades are connected to and movable with the shaft so that upon one movement, one powder is delivered from the chute and upon the next movement the shaft is returned so that the next succeeding powder may be removed.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangements of parts ,and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawingsFigure 1 is a top plan view of the complete device. Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is an end view taken from the operating end of the device showing the parts in their lowered position. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 with the parts in the position they assume after having delivered the powder and previous to the return and lowering of the blades for the next succeeding powder.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the base which has disposed lon-' A spring 9 is mounted upon the shaft 5 and holds the spool 8 frictionally against the blade 10 so that the blade 10 is fixedly held in clamped relation and thus will be held stationary as the spring 9 so grips the spool S as to prevent the spool from rotating with the shaft 5.

A plurality of blades 11 which are similar to the blades 10 are connected between the spools 7 so' as to be carried bodily by the shaft in its oscillatory and sliding movements, the lip portions llthereof being disposed to enter the trough and assume the positions as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 or be elevated as in Fig. 4, at which time the blade 10 is maintained within the trough.

A fiat piece of spring metal 12 is-connected at 13 to the base 1 at the rear of the standards 4 and has its free end 14 disposed above the base and constituting a finger grip whereby the free end of the spring 12 may be depressed and through the pin 15 and the slot 16 swing the lever 17. v The lever 17 is pivoted at 18 to the base and has connected at its upper end, the rod 19 which is extended the full length of the shaft and has its hooked end 20 connected at 21 to the shaft so that when the plate 14 is depressed, the shaft 5 and the blades 10 and 11 will be moved from left to right as viewed in Figs. 1 and 9..

In order to impart oscillatory movement to the shaft 5 and consequently elevate the blades 11 from within the trough 2 as the plate 14 is depressed and simultaneously with the sliding movement imparted to the shaft 5 as before described, a lug 22 is carried at one end of the spring 12 and is disposed in the path to engage the arm 23 which is fixed to the shaft 5, the parts moving from the position as shown in Fig. 3 to that shown in Fig. 4, so that the lower ends 11 of the blades 11 will be moved from within the trough and consequently above the powder therewithin, such position being maintained until the blades have been moved to the right as viewed in Figs. 1 and 2, at which time they fall and enter the trough,

6 the release of the spring actuating member 12, elevating'the lever 17 and imparting the desired longitudinal movement to the shaft and blades and 11 from the right to left so that the powder adjacent the mouth 10 2 of the trough will be delivered exteriorly thereof.

By reason of the fact that the blades 10 and 11 are positioned equally apart, it is evident that the powder within the trough 1 2, the same being leveled to the exact height throughout the trough 2, will be divided in a number of powders or doses according to the space between the blades 10 and 11 and that when the shaft 5 is moved from its extreme right to its extreme left position, the powder adjacent the mouth 2 of the trough 2 will be ejected therefrom.

\Vhat is claimed is:

1. A powder divider, including a support,

a trough having an outlet, a shaft mounted for longitudinal and transverse movements upon the support, a plurality 'of blades car- .ried by the shaft for movement into and out of the trough and longitudinally thereof,

' and cooperating means carried by the sup port and the shaft for moving the blades out of the trough and longitudinally thereof in one direction and for permitting the lowering of the blades within the trough and movement thereof in the opposite longitudinal direction. 1

2. A powder divider, including a support,

a trough having an outlet, a shaft mounted for longitudinal and transverse movements upon the support, a plurality of blades carried by the shaft for movement into and out of the trough and longitudinally thereof, a spring returned manually operated member mounted upon the support, means for operably connecting the member to the shaft whereby longitudinal movement is imparted to the shaft, and cooperative means carried by the shaft and disposed in the path of the operating member to cause the elevation of the blades during the depression of the operating member, said blades being returned within the trough by gravity.

3. A powder divider, including a support, a trough having an outlet, a shaft mounted for longitudinal and transverse movements upon the support, a plurality of blades carried by the shaft for movement into and out of the trough and longitudinally thereof, a spring elevated plate mounted upon the support, a lever pivoted to the support, a rod connecting the lever to the shaft, cooperative means carried by the spring blade and the lever, whereby upon the depression of the spring plate the shaft has imparted longitudinal movement thereto, and cooperative means carried by the spring plate and the shaft for oscillating the shaft to elevate the blades out of the trough during the depression of the plate, the blades being returned to the trough by gravity.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto ahixed our signatures in the presence of two Witnesses.

JEROME W. BARNARD. ERNEST C. SKILES. Witnesses:

A. K. PARKER, M. E. GROSHONG. 

